Jan 14 2009
SHOULD CELL PHONE USE BE OUT LAWED IN CARS?
Ask yourself this: can you drive with the radio on? Does music interfere with your ability to focus on your driving?
I have been using a car phone since the early ’90’s. For some reason, this has not created any problems for me. I can still see what is in front, next to and behind me but I think text messaging should be banned from autos. Surely no one can concentrate on anything else if their eyes are focused on their message screen.
How will anyone know if we are text messaging during an accident? That’s simple. It shows up on our cell phone accounts.
Actually, dialing the phone is my biggest problem. But, if we have a hands-free phone set, talking (and listening) should be no different than if there is a passenger in the car or we are listening to talk radio.
If not, be a responsible adult and just don’t do it!
Agree ,hands free is a good idea.It would make driving safer.
How about people have to take a test to see if they can handle driving safe and talking on a cell phone at the same time. Seems like a good enough compromise to me. I drive across my state twice a week, if it was illegal to talk on my phone… that just wouldn’t work out well with me lol.